The Democratic politician has attempted a comeback in recent months in his bid to become New York City's mayor, but he disclosed again this week that he exchanged lewd photographs with a woman other than his wife back in 2012.

Weiner has thus far said he will stay in the mayoral race, but now fellow Democrat Baldwin has called on the politician to step down from the race.

"Weiner has only one problem that disqualifies him from the race and that is that he is clearly addicted to reckless behavior. That is something New York's taxpayers do not need right now," Baldwin wrote in a Huffington Post op-ed.